Happy Holidays from the Dispatch Librarians

We look forward to 2013, when we'll do more "looking back" via this photo
history blog, which The Dispatch launched in April 2009. Thank you for reading our glimpses into
central Ohio's past.

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Let's look back a few decades now with this lovelyiconic shot of the Columbus Dispatch building downtown on Third Street. There
is no date given on the print, so we'll have to look for clues in the cars' designs to peg the
decade.

The Dispatch moved into this building in 1925, so we know it's later than that. (The
previous building on this site was the YMCA Central Branch. It was dedicated in 1893 and demolished
in 1923 so construction could begin on a new Dispatch headquarters building. In November
1925, The Dispatch moved its offices from Gay and High streets into this building, its current
home.)